public transportation disasters

A broken rail along train tracks in Ellicott City caused the massive coal train derailment that killed two local women in 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

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The Baltimore County Department of Public Safety on Thursday morning reported an accident involving an SUV that crashed into the Drumcastle Government Center on York Road in Towson.

New Interstate 695 (Beltway) ramp is expected to alleviate commuter traffic from the MARC train station built last year.

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All westbound traffic is shut down on MD 198 in Laurel on Wednesday due to emergency roadwork at Old Portland Road at 8:40 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

A disabled vehicle on Interstate 95 South in Baltimore City at the O'Donnell Street exit has closed the southbound right traffic lane and southbound right shoulder at 7:38 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Emergency roadwork on northbound Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson at Mussula Road has closed the northbound left traffic lane at 9:02 a.m. on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The Bartlinski family of Catonsville is working to create a center for orphans in China. They began their work after the death of their daughter Teresa, who was adopted from an orphanage in Beijing.

The Hamas rockets and Israeli bombs falling around Gaza are reverberating a world away in Maryland, where many have close family ties or personal history with the region.

The Maryland State Highway Administration met residents to address questions and concerns about four projects that will soon be underway in Arbutus

All northbound traffic on MD 7 in Joppatowne is closed at Joppa Farm Road due to emergency roadwork at 8:26 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All eastbound lanes are closed on U.S. 40 in Marriottsville due to a two-vehicle collision on Marriottsville Road at 8:35 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Boutique gyms offer fewer members and a more intimate setting than so-called big-box health clubs. They're typically run independently rather than being corporate-owned and provide specialized targeted exercise programs.

South Korea's International Crown golf team wants to lift a country that's in mourning after a ferry accident that took the lives of more than 300 — most of them high school students — after the MV Sewol capsized and sank in April.

All westbound traffic has been shut down for two hours on MD 103 in Elkridge on Wednesday morning due to emergency roadwork at Magnolia Avenue, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Four people were injured after a light rail train collided with a vehicle in downtown Baltimore on Tuesday morning, according to the Maryland Transit Administration.

Thirteen people were hospitalized Tuesday morning in a four-vehicle wreck on Route 1 in Jessup, according to a news release from the department of Fire and Rescue Services.

A five-vehicle collision on the Baltimore Washington Parkway South in Hanover at Interstate 195 has closed the southbound left shoulder at 8:19 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

The $190 million settlement for former patients of Dr. Nikita Levy may be eye-popping, but it won't overwhelm the wealthy Johns Hopkins Health System.

All traffic is shut down on MD 178 in Crownsville due to a single-vehicle crash at Paul Birch Drive at 7:50 a.m. on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A three-vehicle collision at Bore 1 of the southbound Fort McHenry Tunnel has closed the tunnel lane at 9:06 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Emergency roadwork on MD 147 South in Parkville at Putty Hill Avenue has closed the southbound right traffic lane and southbound right exit at 8:48 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

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The parents of two young women killed in a destructive coal train derailment in Ellicott City in 2012 unleashed heated criticism of the railroad for the first time Tuesday — blaming CSX Transportation for their daughters' deaths.

A single-vehicle crash with injury on MD 45 in Glencoe on Tuesday has closed all lanes at Cold Bottom Road for more than four hours after the state Department of Transportation first reported the incident at 3:44 a.m.

The derailment of a coal train in the heart of historic Ellicott City nearly two years ago began at a small break in the rail line several hundred feet from where two young women happened to be seated along the tracks, according to investigative documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday.

An 18-year-old man was hospitalized Sunday evening after he fell from a train on the CSX rail line in the Joppa area.

A pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train early Sunday in Aberdeen.

After the most difficult year of his professional life, Orioles outfielder Nelson Cruz is reborn as the American League's top slugger.

Northbound traffic on MD 27 in Mount Airy has been shut down from Liberty Road to Sams Creek Road due to emergency roadwork for more than four hours on Thursday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The state Department of Transportation reported weather-related road closures in Carroll County on Wednesday morning due to Tuesday night's storms.

A four-vehicle collision on Interstate 895 North in Baltimore City at the Steel Bridge has closed the northbound left traffic lane and northbound left shoulder at 7:38 on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Emergency roadwork has resulted in the closure of an eastbound shoulder Thursday morning on MD-436 at Weems Creek Drive in Anne Arundel County, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation.

All northbound traffic has been closed on MD 30 in Hampstead, which shut down in both directions on Wednesday morning due to a single-vehicle crash at Brodbeck Road, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Gov. Martin O'Malley's recent decision to step into the wage fight between Johns Hopkins Hospital and its service workers may have signaled worries of the community consequences if the dispute brews on too long.

No one was injured Tuesday morning when a train collided with a vehicle on Main Street near the intersection of Md. 27 in Westminster. The road was closed for less than one hour.

No one was injured Tuesday morning when a train collided with a vehicle on Main Street near the intersection of Md. 27 in Westminster. The road was closed for less than one hour.

All traffic is shut down on MD 161 in Darlington due to emergency roadwork north of Stokes Road at 9:03 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Given the uptick in pedestrian fatalities, Baltimore County needs more than a low-budget public awareness campaign to reverse the disturbing trend.

A robbery victim was shot at near downtown Baltimore after giving chase to his attacker, resulting in a car crash that stalled the light rail for more than an hour.

A incident involving a vehicle on Interstate 95 North in Baltimore City at the Baltimore Washington Parkway North has closed the northbound right shoulder at 8:43 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Right-hander Kevin Gausman, who was sent to Triple-A Norfolk following Friday's game to allow the Orioles to add relief pitcher Brad Brach on Saturday, started Monday afternoon's game for the Tides against Indianapolis at Harbor Park.

All traffic is shut down on MD 178 in Parole between Epping Forest Road and Bestgate Road due to an early morning collision on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

An Annapolis cycling team was one place ahead of Pippa Middleton's team, not counting solo cyclists, as the 3,000-mile Race Across America continued Thursday morning.